Staff Reporter
Vulnerable migrant women must be included in the National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER). This step will enable them to receive support through national and local level social protection schemes such as BISP and Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program.
The speakers highlighted this need during a workshop titled ‘Climate induced migration in Pakistan,’ held by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in Islamabad on Saturday.
The purpose of the workshop was to create awareness among journalists reporting on climate change. A group of journalists based in Islamabad attended the workshop.
While highlighting the importance of NSFR, Executive Director SDPI Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri explained to the participants that the females that are forced to migrate (internal displacement) due to climate change, face several issues ranging from a lack of access to health and education, insufficient availability of food and evacuation to bonded labour etc.
“Provision of safe shelters, medicines, food and water during disasters should be the top priority of the government,” Dr Suleri added with a particular reference to vulnerable migrant women.
